Chile

By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on March 30th, 2011
Brazil's growing economy is hammering those of its neigbhours [GALLO/GETTY]

On Sunday, Alan Garcia, the president of Peru, said that his country, along with Colombia, Chile and Mexico would form a new regional economic bloc.

Garcia said the presidents of all four countries would meet in Lima on May 2 to hammer out the final details and make the formal announcement.

But all four countries - which have market-oriented economic priorities - already have individual free trade agreements amongst themselves. The stock markets of Colombia, Peru and Chile were even recently integrated.

There are currently no major barriers to free trade between them.

So what is the point of a formal economic block?

The point is simple: Brazil.

By Al Jazeera Staff in Asia on March 11th, 2011
A ship is washed aground in Kamaishi City, Iwate, by the tsunami which followed the Japanese earthquake [Picture: Reuters]

(All times are local in Japan GMT+9)

By Al Jazeera Staff in Americas on October 13th, 2010
The first miner was pulled out of the gold and copper mine on Wednesday

Al Jazeera follows the last stage of the rescue of 33 trapped miners in Chile as they get hoisted to the surface one by one through a narrow rescue shaft which took months to drill.

The men have been trapped 600 metres underground after the upper galleries of the San Jose mine in the country's north collapsed on August 5.

01:25 GMT: Pinera says Chile is "not the same" as it was 70 days ago, when the mine collapsed. He praises Chileans across the "length and width" of the country. Behind him, the wheel that has helped raise the "Phoenix" capsule over the past 24 hours, an image that has become symbolic of the rescue, spins as the rescue workers are winched up to the surface.

By John Terrett in Americas on October 12th, 2010
Photo from EPA
The mine rescue in Chile is bringing back memories for one group of fellow miners in the northeastern US state of Pennsylvania.

Eight years ago they were rescued, after a three-day ordeal, using the same method being used by engineers at the San Jose pit.

Sixty-one-year-old Tom Foy was one of nine rescued - it's known as 9-4-9 as they all came out alive - and although he lives in Pennsylvania, his heart and mind are in Chile right now.

 

By Kristen Saloomey in Americas on March 16th, 2010
Al Jazeera photo
University students have always been known for their activism, but I just met a group at Columbia University’s School of Public Administration (SIPA) who are using technology to take it to a new level.
 
They are volunteers who have been holed up in the basement of the school’s library, despite their exams, ever since an earthquake struck Chile.
 
They work in shifts from a tiny room without windows, amid half-eaten snacks and potato-chip wrappers, but they are able to have a direct impact on how aid is delivered to the people in Chile - thanks to an amazing new tool available right on their laptops.
 
By Lucia Newman in Americas on March 7th, 2010

As I write this the earth is again shaking. 

The aftershocks of Chile's earthquake, which experts say was at least 600 to 800 times stronger than the one in Haiti, are almost impossible to count. 

A few days ago there was a particularly strong one at 6:20 in the morning that sent journalists staying at a small hotel in downtown Concepcion running out the door in their underwear.  

I was better dressed for the occasion. 

As a Chilean, I know the golden rule: after an earthquake, always sleep with your clothes on and always leave the doors open.

Earthquakes and aftershocks can jam doors, making it impossible to get out.  

Two hours later there were two more, very long and strong aftershocks, 6.2 and 6.6 in magnitude. 

Again, we flew out the door.

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